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NEWS OF THE DAY.

Morgan Hayes, a Riverton hotelkeeper, spoiled his Easter enjoyments hy tumbling between the train and platform at Waihola railway station and smashing a few of his ribs.

Bishop Redwood, who leaves by the SanErancisco steamer cn route for Home, was on Saturday presented with a highly complimentary address from the Catholics of Wellington, replying to which he expressed the hope of a speedy return, with an additional number of priests for the diocese.

The spontaneous combustion of a quantity of silk, forming part of the cargo on hoard the steamship Mosel, is reported. A chemical investigation showed that more than three-fourths of the fabric consisted of fatty oils, coloring matter, and oxide of iron, these substances having apparently been used to give weight and body to the silk. A very large percentage of mysterious conflagrations may be set down as taking their origin in oil rags, and this side appears to have been but little better. Neither silk nor wool is very combustible per sc, but in grease they both offer to lire air a large surface of oxygen-absorbing material.

The “Bruce Herald” says—-“ The midnight train, which left Dunedin on Wednesday at 11 p.m. had a narrow escape from a serious accident. It was drawn by two engines, and when approaching the Taieri bridge, a horse was noticed in front of the engine till it reached the bridge itself, when the animal, unable to proceed any further, was caught by the cowcatcher and killed. This caused the foremost wheels of the leading locomotive to leave the rails, but a timely stoppage prevented what might otherwise have proved a calamity. The mishap was soon rectified, and the train was not much behind time when it arrived at Milton.

Dr Angus, one of the company engaged in the revision of the New Testament, stated the other day, in the course of a lecture delivered in London, that the revised New Testament will in all probability be published at the end of the present year. The revisers, he said, had sat from 11 a.m. to (i p.m. for forty days in each year during the last ten years, and had received no pecuniary reward for their labors. King Theebaw, of Dunnah, according to a French traveller, has inaugurated a lottery, which is fast transforming the country into a gambling establishment. When the ruin which must ensue arrives, the writer believes that the English will place upon the throne the only brother of the king who escaped the massacre of the royal family ordered by the monarch, and who is now under the protection of the Viceroy of India.

We are informed on good authority (says the “ Pall Mall ttazate ” of January 90th), that the “ cartoon ” published a few weeks ago in “Punch,” representing Lord Lytton, the Earl of Beaconstield, and the loading members of the Cabinet in a difficult, dangerous, and above all, ludicrous position on the back of an elephant labelled “ Afghanistan,” has been reproduced, and put into general circulation at St. Petersburg, also, that several thousand copies of the picture have been sent to Cfeneral Kaufmann, who, wc may suppose, will lose no lime in forwarding them to Cabul for distribution among the natives. The Afghans will thus be at last, though somewhat tardily, enlightened as to the true feelings of the English people towards them and towards their misguided invaders, whose comic situation, exposed as they arc to a thousand perils, excites, it will be understood, the derision of all the wellmeaning portion of their own countrymen.

At the Christchurch Police Court on Saturday, Edward Graves, arrested for stealing £2BO. at Sandridge, Victoria, was re manded for a week, pending the arrival of the warrant. The patients in the Dunedin hospital were feasted with hot cross buns on Good Friday by the proprietor of “Hudson’s self-raising Hour.” The walking contest at the Queen’s Hall a three mile walking handicap for a silver medal—takes place to-night. Six competitors have entered for it. Daniel Hegarty the Invercargill long distance walker, will also start on his walk of 112 miles, which he proposes accomplishing in 2-1 hours. Henry Thomas Head, charged with embezzlement, was taken South to-day, the extradition warrant signed by the Governor having arrived on Saturday. During the Hoods in the North, two boys, at the Hint were engaged’in catching driftwood which came floating down the river. Frederick iPlntosh, aged nine, was cautioned by his brother Thomas, aged 11, to come away, but would not do so. Suddenly the earth gave way and Frederick was swept into the river. The little fellow Thomas plunged in, and succeeded in reaching him. Then came an exciting struggle for life, the younger boy pulling the elder under the water. The elder boy in self-preservation, was obliged to shake his brother off. Frederick then came to the surface, and was carried out into the stream. He shook his hands in the air, and cried out— 11 Good-bye all; you will never sec me again.” Ho then disappeared. Thomas, who is an intelligent boy, but small for his age, managed, although very much exhausted, to reach the shore unaided. The plucky little hero deserved better success for his gallant conduct,

The game of leap frog indulged in by both sexes in the mud pool known as the Corporation Maths, at Dunedin, will shortly be obviated, Mr i). L. Simpson, engineer for the Board, having come to the front with a project for the construction of concrete sea-water baths. The baths arc to be erected behind the sandhills at the Ocean Beach.

A telegram from Wellington states that a meeting has been called by the Mayor, at the request of a number of working men, to consider a scheme for the construction of the West Coast railway on the land settlement plan. The following resolutions will be proposed:—l. That the Government survey settlements along the line of rail as near as possible ten miles apart. The settlements to be subdivided into 25-acre sections (more or less, according to soil, Ac.), to be paid for by balance of wages, or failing that, to run ton years before the final payment is due. 2. That the land be fixed at £2 per acre. 3. That the rate of wages be fixed at Os, 7s, and Ms per day. -1. The Government to provide rations at Is 3d per head ; each man to decide whether he will accept a full ration for each member of his family or not. u. That in addition to rations, each man rccchc 10s per week. 0. That any ten or twelve men shall have the option of seeming sections contiguous one to the other.

“Why the .sun in shining already,” said a resident of Tiinaru to his domestic the other morning. “ All! hut it hasn’t seven pair of boots to shine, sir,” was the quickwitted reply. The business at the Jh 31. Court to-day, was adjourned until to-morrow, when a wife-beating ease will be heard. The Oamaru “ Mail ” refers to the West Coast railway of the North Island as “ one of a number of railways of the same kind to proceed with the construction of any of which at the present juncture would be suicidal. Our contemporary adds : “ Wellington has no more right to this railway than some other portions of the Colony have to those the construction of which has been stopped from sheer necessity. The Government should refer them to the Commission, and wash their hands of all responsibility.” The total number of Volunteer Cadets in the Waimatc Camp yesterday was only 111, viz:—.sd Tiinaru, 32 Oamaru, and 2(5 Christchurch boys; a miserably jioor attendance. At 10.11 a.m. church parade was held when there was a general muster for service, which took place at the Oddfellow’s Hall, when the Ilev C. Coates delivered an impressive and appropriate sermon. The camp is situate on the reserve adjoining the cemetery about a mile from town.

This “ plucky ” anecdote is related by a Christchurch contemporary:—During one of the gun dismounting contests at the military sports on Saturday, one of the Christchurch men named llcece, got his hand jammed, and on the gun being moved about an inch of one of his fingers was torn off. Despite the sickening pain that must have been experienced, llcece went on with the various duties required from him, and made no sign as to the injury he had sustained until the victory of his party had been declared. It need scarcely be said that medical aid was secured as speedily as possible.

The Co-operative Land Company which was recently established under the auspices of the Christchurch unemployed appears to be in a much disorganised condition. At a meeting last week it was found necessary to resolve that the two previous meetings should be deemed illegal, and to pass the following resolution: —“ That it is the opinion of this Committee that Mr W. Kent did open a telegram, addressed J. Bascley, Secretary Co-operative Land Company, contrary to order; that any Committeeman or shareholder opening or conducting any business concerning this company will be expelled, and that J. Baseley, Secretary, only is allowed to open any letter outside the Committee ; that the Secretary be instructed to write to Mr W. Kent, and respectfully request him to resign his seat on the Committee.”

The Akaroa “Mail ” publishes the song of a Mormon elder in New Zealand. This is one of the stansas : In that glorious land of ours Every man is his own boss ; lie’s plenty of wittles for his wives, His children and his boss, This tiny island state Will soon bust up I guess— With taxes growing daily, And with income getting less. Chorus —Utah, Ac.

The shooting season commenced to-day, and from early morning the lagoons and waterholes of the Timaru district were diligently ransacked by sportsmen, old and young, amateur and professional. Some had considerable success, while others returned home this afternoon with a rather poor exchange for their ammunition and fatigue. Some capital shooting has been obtained in the direction of Waimate, and on Mr Studholme’s property a considerable quantity of gray ducks and black swans have been bagged. Some of the Volunteers are playing highjinks in Christchurch. On Saturday night, says the “ Times,” the pit door of the Theatre Eoyal was “ rushed ” by a number of men in Volunteer uniform, who succeeded in effecting their entrance and securing seats in the stalls and pit without going through'the customary preliminaries with the ticket-sellers. How much the management appreciated this unusual patronage can be readily estimated. Possibly those who thus omitted to interview the money-takers will think that as they enjoyed a very good performance, they should make some acknowledgment even now to those who catered for their amusement.

An Oamaru resident was the victim of a ludicrous false alarm the other evening. After retiring to bed he heard sundry peculiar noises about the premises, and supposing that some burglars were about to effect an entrance, armed himself with an iron bar, and descended to grapple with the foe. Walking round the rear of the house, ho could discover nothing at all suspicious, but on reaching the front door, the cause of the mysteiious sounds stood revealed —an aged horse, wandering at large, and desperately in want of a square feed of oats, was standing in front of the door, and asking as plainly as he could for something to eat ! The man with the bar retired in disgust.

Yesterday morning one of the small boats belonging to the George street Landing Service, which had been moored north of the Breakwater, was found adrift, having drifted, or been cut from its moorings during the night. The boat was recovered with some difficulty, and was found to have sustained a great deal of injury, being much battered, broken and knocked about. Some little mystery surrounds the affair as the boat was fast to its moorings on the previous nght.

Messrs Maclean and Stewart, instructed by Mr G. H. Wildic, will sell at his farm, oil the Levels Plains on the Washdykc, to-morrow,at 12 o’clock, live and dead farm stock.

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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2192, 29 March 1880, Page 2

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NEWS OF THE DAY. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2192, 29 March 1880, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2192, 29 March 1880, Page 2

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